Hans Rudi Erdt

Hans Rudi Erdt was born in South Bavaria in 1883. After leaving school he studied at the Munich Industrial College. In 1905 he moved to Berlin where he became a commercial poster artist. Influenced by the work of Ludwig Hohlwein and Lucian Bernard.

During the First World War he produced posters for the German government. This included U-Boats Out!, a film about underwater warfare. Hans Rudi Erdt died in 1918.